Motor support



Nov. 30 1926.

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Filed June 17, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Erw/ggf? @ur/19. @11 111s wref/muis Patented' Nov; 30, 1926.

- UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE.

i ERVINGE. GURNEY, OF NEW YORK,` N. Y., AssreNoE To INTERNATIONAL MOTORJ COM- l PANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OE DELAWARE.

MOTOR sUrPOET.

Application filed :une 17,1925. 'serial No. 37,624.

This'invention relates to motor-supports `and more particularly to a support for the front end of the motor in self-propelled vehicles. rl`he invention has for one of its objects to provide ka support which shall afford access to and permit readyremoval of the various shafts and bearings of the motor and which shall at the same time be pracf tical from considerations of manufacture 1D and use. rllo this end a metal platev which may be formed of pressed steel, for instance,

is adapted to be secured to the front end of the motor and has a portion thereof eut away and adapted t6 be closed by a cover 3.5 plate which must be of castaluminium, for

instance, and within which may be formed apertures for the passage of the starting crank, for instane;= The closure Imay also serve as a support for various auxiliaryfde vices necessary to the operation of the vehic\l[t is also an object of the invention f f to provide a motor support which shall involve yielding non-metallic connections and supports of the character broadly disclosed 'l5 in the patent to Alfred F. Masury and August H. lleipert No. 1,404,876, dated January 31, 1922. Accordingly/arms are carried with the pressed metal plate which are adapted tobe received by blocks ofyielding non-metallic material retained within housings carried with the vehicle frame. These and other objects of the invention and the means for their attainment will bev more particularly described with'reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating-a prefer-red. embodiment thereof,.in which:

Figure 1- is a view in front elevation andr partly in`section showing the motor support according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a view taken in the planes-indicated by the broken line2-2 1n Figure l and looking in the direction of the arrows.

and showing the motor support, the closure and the `yielding non-metallic connections with the vehicle frame.

Figure 3 is a yview in side elevation somewhat 4similar to Figure 2 but on a reduced scale and with the closure member removed.

Figure 4 is a view in side elevation showing the closure Or cover plateJ which is referably of east aluminium and whic is formed with passages for crank shafts and 'the like. p Referring to the drawings a fragmentary portion of the front end of` the motor is indicated at a in Figures 2 and 3 and to the frgnt face of (the motor is adapted to be secured a member bwhich is preferably of pressed metal, such as steel, and is formed with anI openinglor cut away portion which exposes that portion of the front end of the motor wherein are disposed the shafts and the like. A closure for the opening b is indicated at c `and is adapteil to be secured to the front face of the support member by means of bolts or the like whereby it may be readily removed.l rlhe closure is preferably formed of cast metal, such as cast aluminium. Closure o is formed cen-- trally thereof with a boss c2 bored to' serve as a passage c2x for a starting crank for' `the propelled shaft (uotshown) and the boss is re-enforced b v vertically extending ribs or fins c3 inwardly thereof, both above and below the boss. A boss cl is also formed on the closure within which is formed a passage ot. Adjacent the boss c4 are shown a pair of bosses o, c, re-enforced by parallel ribs c7, 08respectively. rllhe bosses 1 and c may serve as supports for the magneto or the like and the timer shaft may extend through the passage c4".

A transversely extending tubular cross member of the chassis frame is indicated at d'and it is proposed to support the front end ofthe motor from this cross member. A pair of arms b2 'are formed or securedr to the support Z1 and are frmed at their outer4 ends with enlarged portions b3. These arms are preferably disposed one upon either side and symmetrlcally placed with respect to the axis of the crank shaft.. Each arm b2 is adapted toA extend within aV housing4 carried with-the vehicle frame. Each housing comprises a main h ousingportion e and a closure'imember e having 'an opening e''.

in one side thereof through which an arm,

extends. Formed On or secured to housing portion 'e there is disclosed a cylindrical bearing member e adapted to, engage the crossmember d to form a half bearing, the othershalf of which is indicated at e4 andV the two bearings e3 and c4; may be rigidly secured together in clamping engagement with respect to the member d by means of bolts e5. Within the housing there is disposed a block of yielding -non-metallicfma'- terial fadapted to engage the arm and yieldingly retain the same. Seats e* and ex are formed in the housing proper `and cover member, respectively to facilitate the positioning of the block f. The sections e and e' are adapted to befsecured together by means 'of' bolts g whereby the desired degree of compression may be exerted upon the block f. By so retaining the blocks under compression their strength, resiliency andA Wearing qualities are increased.

lIt will thus be seen thatJ a practical sup-V port for the front vend of a motor has been' provided which is applicable to the use of yielding non-metallic material as a connection and support between the motor and the chassis frame and which 4at the same time affords ample and convenient access to the front end of the motor for replacement and repairs. .g

hile the motor support and closure inember have been described as formed of pressed metal and a metallic casting, respectively, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various substitutions may be made there-I fore as Well as in the configuration and arrangement of the component elements of the motor support and no limitation is intended by the phraseology of the foregoing. description or by the illustrations except as indicated in the accompanying claims.

lVliat I claim is: l. The combination with an internal coinbustion engine and a transversely extending frame member, of a motor support -to which the front end of the engine is secured and which has formed therein an opening, longitudinally extending arms carried with the\ motor support and symmetrical with respect to the vertical axis ofthe engine, a closure 'i for the said opening and connections bc- `tween the arms on the motor support and the tallic connections between the arms on Ithe motor support and the transverse frame member. l 3, The combination with an internal coni-l bustionengine andsa transversely extending tubular frame member, of a pressed steel motor support to which the front end of tlie engine is boltedr andwhicli lias an opening formed therein and longitudinally extending arms carried therewith symmetrically disposed ipon' opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the motor, a cast aluminium closure forensaid opening formed with passages for shafts of the engine,'bo1ts tosecure the closure to the support, housings c arried with the transverse frame member and' I formed with an opening in one side into which the 'arms extend respectively, and blocks of yielding nonmetallic material retained Within the housings and' engagingthe arms.

vThis Vspecification signed this 15th day of Y June A. D. 1925.

ERV'ING GURNEY. 

